We have had another incident of police shooting a man.
The man was black, not that color really matters to me.
The blood looked the same as any other that I have seen spilled.

We realy need another statistic being kept in the police shooting database.
That stat should be, “Was the decedent following police officer instructions? [Y/N]”

The video of the Terence Crutcher case was obscured, both form the air, and from the dash cam. It cerainly LOOKS like he may have been reaching into his car window. I cannot be sure.

If he was reaching in, he sealed his fate.

Each of the cases that I have seen video of recently involved individuals NOT responding to police instructions. Perhaps there is something different in the culture, but my white ass will listen to instructions from an officer.

The ALCU is very clear on this subject:
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Do stay calm and be polite.
Do not interfere with or obstruct the police.
Do not lie or give false documents.
Do prepare yourself and your family in case you are arrested.
Do remember the details of the encounter.
Do file a written complaint or call your local ACLU if you feel your rights have been violated.

Before I begin, I was not there, nor was I in the grand jury, so I know only what the public knows.

I am in a different camp than Wil Wheaton, and others. I am probably in the minority of Anonymous, as the vocal side is stomping their feet that this was such a travesty.

I do not know what factors told the officer that deadly force was the best reaction. Perhaps he SHOULD have used a non-lethal.

Am I racist? no, will I be called racist, could be.

We knew that the chance was high that there was going to be trouble either way tonight. How many riots or destruction has occurred after winning a pro ball game or hockey game? People get overly excited and lose their common sense.

The bottom line is that the grand jury did not see enough to compel ANY of them to put forth charges. Not ONE!

We know from the strong arm robbery shortly before his death, that he was not in his right mind. He may have been kind and gentle normally, but not that day.

Sorry, this was blown way out of proportion, and most of us knew it in August. So much money and time spent. I will not call it it a waste, because our society seemed to feel the need for it to be intense. So be it.

We also knew in August that the masses were no going to accept the outcome.

Now it will go to a civil case where you don’t really have to prove a case. At least not anywhere near as conclusively.

God help those who have been directly impacted; family, friends, the community, even the police…

I have to wonder how much of the terrible news has factors such as 12-21-12, general holiday depression, or overcast weather depression.

I have not looked for any annual correlating data to see if there are numbers to back my perception or not.

Those of us in the Portland Ore area understand a bit of what the Connecticut families are dealing with, but their situation is far to horrific for my mind at this time. Feeling nauseous and want to cry.Â Kids are to be left the hell alone! Sigh…

Thoughts and prayers go out to the families, friends, and those involved directly or indirectly.

Now that a day and a half has passed, I am starting to look around for what they have pieced together.
We know that much happened in a short amount of time.
The speculation is so deep that we still need our hip waders

I am quite tired of seeing his smirk on all of these stories. I really wish that they would stop using that pic. I also wish (but I know that they won’t do it) that he would be placed in GenPop so that the local detainees could spare us the trial.

What they are questioning is if this is another (alleged) case of being staged. This is the same sort of stuff we see after every domestic atrocity. I suspect that it is fallout from Watergate and other governmental wrongdoings.

Why are all of these people just the nicest people, and nobody would ever expect them to do something like this? It really makes it hard to watch to potential threats. I think that if I were to full on snap, there would be several people that would say… “Yeah, I could see him doing that. Who pissed him off that badly?” Fortunately for me, most would never expect that I would commit such an act.

They are questioning where he would have gotten the gear, let alone gotten the money to do so.

They are also wondering about the timing. The question is being asked if this is related to the UN Small Arms Treat. Time and time again I get email from Rand Paul’s group claiming that Obama is banning weapons, and that this treaty is going to destroy the 2nd amendment… lies, but oh well. It is what I have come to expect from that segment of the group.

They go on to list some of the (global, not just the US) Government sponsored mass murders:

There has also been speculation that this fuqtard is a Tea Party member. I even received an alert from ALIPAC that these questions were being raised. As if it mattered to anyone. It would of course be used by the anti-gunners, so I guess it would matter to them.Â I would like to find out his political affiliation, to to put that to rest. Being in medical school, I would expect that he is a Democrat. When my step-mother was in medical school, her classmates seemed to lean that way.

As I explore more of naturalnews.com I am finding some good material. I am having a hard time not getting distract by my research.

It is an utter shame about what happened in a Colorado theater last night.

To this point, we have not seen violence such as this in places of entertainment.
Perhaps as all of his things are sifted through, we will be able to get a better understanding of how this asshole cracked his egg.

With the media being saturated with this, I am going to try to find something else for us to play with, but at this moment, I am at a loss.

It has been brought to my attention that the ATF is seeking comments as part of a study to ban shotguns that have a magazine greater than five rounds.
I am quite tired of the various levels of government sticking their collective noses in an area where the framers of the Constitution were quite clear on, our need to be able to possess firearms.

It looks like they are considering classifying a shotgun with the larger magazine (or capable of accepting a large magazine) as a military weapon.

http://www.atf.gov/publications/firearms/012611-study-on-importality-of-certain-shotguns.pdf
(looks like it is dealing with the importation of shotguns, so I am guessing that it would not apply to domestically built firearms)

We The People should have military weapons as we are the militia, and have the right to defend our homes and families.

Five rounds… if the criminals know that you are limited to five rounds from the most effective home defense weapon, then you better spend more time on the range and in home defense type courses. because if the criminals can count and survive the five, you are fucked. I guess another option that this would bring about would be larger quantities of loaded weapons around the home. since you may not have the time to reload, you grab a spare… wouldn’t that idea really piss of the pussy-assed anti-gunners?

There is an email address accepting comments at the ATF… shotgunstudy@atf.gov

They believe that the following characteristics are “not particularly suitable or readily adaptable for proting purposes.”
(1) Folding, telescoping, or collapsible stocks;
(2) bayonet lugs;
(3) flash suppressors;
(4) magazines over 5 rounds, or a drum magazine;
(5) grenade-launcher mounts;
(6) integrated rail systems (other than on top of the receiver or barrel);
(7) light enhancing devices;
(8) excessive weight (greater than 10 pounds for 12 gauge or smaller);
(9) excessive bulk (greater than 3 inches in width and/or greater than 4 inches in depth);
(10) forward pistol grips or other protruding parts designed or used for gripping the
shotgun with the shooterâ€™s extended hand.

Now, I do not recall the right to bear arms being hinged on sporting purposes.